Event | data-sort-type="date" | Date | Participants | Type | Location | Country | Notes | |
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Democracy and Martyrs' Rally | 7 August 2016 | 5 million | Political rally | Istanbul | | 5 million according to Istanbul Police Department | [51] |
Parade celebrating Argentina national football team's victory at the 2022 FIFA World Cup | December 2022 | 5 million | Sports rally | Buenos Aires | | | [52] [53] [54] |
Death anniversary of Imam Kazim | 30 June 2011 | 5 million | Pilgrimage | Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Kadhimiyah | | | [55] |
Funeral of Gamal Abdel Nasser | 1 October 1970 | 5 million | Funeral | Cairo | | | [56] |
Bishwa Ijtema | 2010 | 5 million | Religious holiday | Dhaka | | | [57] |
Makarajyothi | 14 January 2007 | 5 million | Religious holiday | Sabarimala | | | [58] |
Rod Stewart Concert | 31 December 1994 | 4.2 million | Music performance | Rio de Janeiro | | | [59] |
Ashura | 2010 | Over 4 million | Religious holiday | Karbala | | | [60] |
Funeral of Umm Kulthum | 6 February 1975 | 4 million | Funeral | Cairo | | | [61] [62] |
WorldPride | 30 June 2019 | 4 million | Celebration | New York City | | | [63] |
Pledge of allegiance to Imam Ali | 16 November 2011 | Over 3 million | Political rally | Najaf | | | [64] |
CGIL labour reform protest | 23 March 2002 | Over 3 million | Political rally | Circus Maximus, Rome | | Against Silvio Berlusconi's conservative government's labour reform | [65] [66] |
Nabakalebara Ratha Yatra | 2015 | Over 3 million | Religious holiday | Puri | | | [67] |
Jean-Michel Jarre Concert | 1997 | 3.5 million | Music performance | Moscow | | Celebration of the 850th birthday of Moscow | |
Santo Niño de Cebú | 19 January 2014 | 3.2 million | Religious gathering | Cebu City | | | [68] [69] [70] |
Hajj to Mecca | 2012 | 3.16 million | Pilgrimage | Mecca | | | [71] |
Death anniversary of Muhammad and Imam Hassan | 3 February 2011 | 3 million | Religious gathering | Najaf | | | [72] |
Ramadan iftar | 13 July 2013 | 3 million | Religious gathering | Imam Reza shrine, Mashhad | | Largest-ever iftar | [73] |
Anti-war rally against the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq | 15 February 2003 | 3 million | Political rally | Rome | | | [74] [75] |
Benazir Bhutto's return from exile | 1986 | 3 million | Celebration | Lahore | | The procession covered the 12km (07miles) distance from the Lahore Airport to Minar e Pakistan in over ten hours | [76] |
Closing Mass of World Youth Day 2013 | | 3 million | Religious gathering | Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro | | | [77] |
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II | 2 June 1953 | 3 million | Celebration | London | | | [78] |
Boston Red Sox's 2004 World Series Win | 30 October 2004 | 3 million | Sports rally | Boston | | The victory ended an 86-year drought of World Series championships and ended the era of the famous Curse of the Bambino | [79] |
Closing Mass of World Youth Day 2016 | 2016 | Up to 3 million | Religious gathering | Kraków | | | [80] [81] |
New Year's Eve Party | 31 December | Over 2 million | Celebration | Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro | | World's largest New Year's Eve party | [82] |
Hajj to Mecca | 2016 | Over 2 million | Pilgrimage | Mount Arafat, Mecca | | | |
2019–20 Hong Kong protests | 18 August 2019 | Over 2 million | Political rally | Hong Kong Island | | Following the indefinite suspension of the controversial extradition bill, protestors asked the Hong Kong government to respond their 5 demands as well as protested against the abusive violence use of the city's police force and its collusion with the mobs. The organiser claimed a total number of attendees with over 1.7 million (only counting people in Causeway Bay and Tin Hau areas) while lot of people gathered around Wan Chai, Central and Sheung Wan. An estimated number of over 2 million people took part in the march. | [83] |
Hajj to Mecca | November 2010 | 2.8 million | Pilgrimage | Mecca | | Number excludes unregistered pilgrims, which were over 0.75 million | [84] |
Feast of the Black Nazarene | January 2008 | 2.6 million | Religious holiday | Manila | | | [85] |
Funeral of Puneeth Rajkumar | 29 October 2021 | 2.5 million | Funeral | Bangalore | | | [86] |
Funeral of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | 10 January 2017 | 2.5 - 4.5 million | Funeral | Tehran | | | [87] [88] [89] |
Art of Living Silver Jubilee Celebration | 2016 | 2.5 million | Celebration | Bangalore | | | [90] |
Beatification of Pope John Paul II | 2 April 2005 | 2.5 million | Religious gathering | Błonia Park, Kraków | | | [91] |
São Paulo Gay Pride Parade | June 2006 | 2.5 million | Celebration | São Paulo | | | [92] |
Funeral of Mahatma Gandhi | 31 January 1948 | 2.5 million | Funeral | New Delhi | | | [93] |
Funeral of Pope John Paul II | 8 April 2005 | 2 - 4 million | Funeral | | | | [94] [95] |
Chicago Blackhawks 2013 Stanley Cup parade | 2013 | 2 million | Sports rally | Chicago | | | [96] |
Philadelphia Flyers 1974 Stanley Cup parade | 1974 | 2 million | Sports rally | Philadelphia | | | [97] |
Philadelphia Phillies 2008 World Series parade | 31 October 2008 | 2 million | Sports rally | Broad Street, Philadelphia | | | [98] |
Funeral of Ziaur Rahman | 2 June 1981 | 2 million | Funeral | | | | [99] [100] |
Spain national football team 2010 FIFA World Cup parade | 2010 | 2 million | Sports rally | Madrid | | | [101] |
Attukal Pongala | 4 March 2007 | 2 million | Religious holiday | Attukal Temple, Kerala | | Largest gathering of women in history, overtaking the record set by the same festival on 23 February 1997 | [102] |
Baltic Way demonstration | 23 August 1989 | 2 million | Political rally | Between Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn | ,, | The demonstrators formed an uninterrupted 675km (419miles) human chain | |
Bicentennial of the May Revolution | 25 May 2010 | 2 million | Celebration | 9 de Julio avenue, Buenos Aires | | | [103] |
Funeral of Bal Thackeray | 18 November 2012 | 2 million | Funeral | Mumbai | | 7km (04miles)-long cortège | [104] [105] |
Bishwa Ijtema | 2001 | 2 million | Religious holiday | Dhaka | | | [106] |
People Power Revolution | February 1986 | 2 million | Political rally | Manila | | Resulted in the downfall of President Ferdinand Marcos | [107] [108] |
Funeral of Benigno Aquino Jr. | 31 August 1983 | 2 million | Funeral | | | | [109] |
Funeral of Corazon Aquino | 5 August 2009 | 2 million | Funeral | | | | |
World Youth Day | August 2000 | 2 million | Religious gathering | Rome | | | [110] |
Ashura | 24 December 2013 | 2 million | Religious gathering | | | Gathering prior to the Ashura riots; commemoration of Chehlum of Imam Hussain. Despite threats from Takfiri groups against the assembled Shia Muslims, the Takfiris eventually were forced to retreat. | [111] |
Iglesia ni Cristo's 100th anniversary | 27 July 2014 | 2 million | Celebration | Ciudad de Victoria | | | [112] [113] |
Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer | 29 July 1981 | 2 million | Wedding | London | | | [114] |
Ashura | 9 August 2013 | 2 million | Religious holiday | Hussani Chuk Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan | | Commemoration of Majlis of Imam Hussain | |
2019–20 Hong Kong protests | 16 June 2019 | 2 million | Political rally | Hong Kong Island | | Around 30% of the population protested Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam delaying a controversial extradition bill, calling on her to completely withdraw the legislation and resign. The crowd also protested against the violence of the city's police force towards the protestors on 12 June 2019. | [115] |
Toronto Raptors 2019 NBA Championship parade | 17 June 2019 | 2 million | Sports rally | Toronto | | | [116] |
December 2016 Jakarta protests | December 2016 | 2 million | Political rally | Monas, Jakarta | | The protests demanded the termination of the gubernatorial office held by Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who had been accused as a suspect in the blasphemy case. | [117] | |
Event | data-sort-type="date" | Date | Participants | Type | Location | Country | Notes | |
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First inauguration of Barack Obama | 20 January 2009 | 1.8 million | Political rally | Washington, DC | | | [118] |
Rally for Catalan independence | 11 September 2014 | 1.8 million | Political rally | Barcelona | | Protestors drew an 11km (07miles) V-shaped Catalan flag with their red and yellow T-shirt. | [119] |
Madonna's Celebration Tour concert in Rio de Janeiro | 4 May 2024 | 1.6 million | Concert | Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro | | As closure for her Celebration tour, Madonna organised a free concert in Rio's Copacabana beach, gathering a crowd of 1.6 million. | [120] |
Support for the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 | 1989 | 1.5 - 2 million | Political rally | Hong Kong | | The line of people extended from North Point to Sheung Wan, with all six lanes of King's Road (Hong Kong), Hennessy Road and Des Voeux Road crowded with people. Many underground MTR stations on Hong Kong Island were full of people and many people who could not participate in the demonstration above ground were stuck in the congested MTR stations, therefore the exact amount of demonstrators could only be estimated. | [121] |
Diretas Já Movement | 1984 | 1.5 million | Political rally | São Paulo | | Largest political protest in Brazil's history. | |
San Francisco Pride | 2013 | 1.5 million | Celebration | San Francisco | | This occurred in the wake of the Supreme Court decisions on DOMA and Proposition 8. | |
Live 8 Concert | 2 July 2005 | 1.5 million | Music performance | Philadelphia | | | [122] |
Funeral of Jawaharlal Nehru | 1964 | 1.5 million | Funeral | Delhi | | | [123] |
2012 Catalan independence demonstration | 11 September 2012 | 1.5 million | Political rally | Barcelona | | | [124] |
World Youth Day 2023 | 1 - 6 August 2023 | 1.5 million | Religious gathering | Lisbon | | | [125] |
State funeral of the Duke of Wellington | 18 November 1852 | 1.5 million | Funeral | London | | The crowd had travelled from all over the United Kingdom by train and represented more than five percent of the total population | [126] |
World Youth Day 2011 | 16 - 21 August 2011 | 1.4 million | Religious gathering | Madrid | | | [127] |
Cleveland Cavaliers 2016 NBA Championship parade | 22 June 2016 | 1.3 million | Sports rally | Cleveland | | The victory ended a 52-year Cleveland sports curse. | [128] |
Pope John Paul II's papal mass in Ireland | 29 September 1979 | 1.25 million | Religious gathering | Phoenix Park, Dublin | | The estimated attendance was about one third of the population of Ireland. | [129] |
Mother of All Marches | 19 April 2017 | Over 1.2 million | Political rally | Across the country | | The demonstrations resulted from the 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis. | [130] |
Anti-terrorism rally in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo shooting | 11 January 2015 | 1.2 - 1.6 million | Political rally | Paris | | An additional 2.1 - 2.5 million people marched across the world in solidarity. This gathering was the largest in French history. | [131] |
Cedar Revolution | 14 March 2005 | 1.2 million | Political rally | Beirut | | | [132] |
La marcha más grande de Chile | 25 October 2019 | 1.2 million | Political rally | Santiago | | Part of a series of protests demanding a new constitution, reforms in Chile's education, healthcare and pension systems, among many other reforms. | [133] |
Sun Myung Moon's Yeouido rally | 1975 | 1.2 million | Religious gathering/political rally | Yoido | | | [134] |
Billy Graham Crusade | 1973 | Over 1.1 million | Religious gathering | Yoido Plaza, Seoul | | | [135] [136] |
Ashadhi Ekadashi | Ongoing | 1.1 - 1.5 million | Pilgrimage | Vitthal Temple, Pandharpur | | | [137] [138] |
Yuvagarjana | 5 November 2008 | 1.1- 1.5 million | Political Meeting | Guntur | | Largest Political Meeting in Indian History | |
Funeral of Enrico Berlinguer | 13 June 1984 | Over 1 million | Funeral | Rome | | | [139] |
Love Parade | 25 August 2007 | Over 1 million | Celebration | Essen | | | [140] |
Anti-FARC protest | 4 February 2008 | Over 1 million | Political rally | Bogotá | | | [141] |
Kashmir self determination memorandum | 1 March 1990 | Over 1 million | Political rally | UN Military Observer Group Headquarters, Srinagar | | | [142] [143] |
Anniversary of Muhammad's death | 10 December 2015 | Over 1 million | Religious gathering | Imam Reza shrine, Mashhad | | | |
Samarra Pilgrimage | 15 November 2016 | Over 1 million | Pilgrimage | Al-Askari Shrine, Samarra | | | |
Toma de Caracas | 1 September 2016 | Over 1 million | Political rally | Caracas | | Protestors demanded a recall election against President Nicolás Maduro. The gathering was called the "largest demonstration in the history of Venezuela" with over 3% of the nation's entire population. | [144] |
Denver Broncos Super Bowl 50 parade | 2015 | Over 1 million | Sports rally | Denver | | | [145] |
2019–20 Hong Kong protests | 9 June 2019 | 1.03 million | Political rally | Hong Kong | | Protest against the 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill | [146] |
Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales | 6 September 1997 | 1 million | Funeral | London | | | [147] |
Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton | 29 April 2011 | 1 million | Wedding | London | | | [148] |
Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II | 4 June 2002 | 1 million | Celebration | The Mall, London | | | [149] |
Procession in commemoration of Hans Ji Maharaj | 8 October 1970 | 1 million | Commemoration | New Delhi | | | [150] [151] |
Beatification of Pope John Paul II | 1 May 2011 | 1 million | Religious gathering | Saint Peter's Square | | | [152] [153] [154] |
2017 pro-jallikattu protests | 21 January 2017 | 1 million | | Marina Beach, Chennai | | | [155] |
Anti-nuclear protests in the United States | 12 June 1982 | 1 million | Political rally | Central Park, New York City | | Call for an end to the Cold War arms race. It was the largest anti-nuclear protest and the largest political demonstration in American history. | [156] |
Pro-People's Vote on Brexit march | 23 March 2019 | 1 million | Political rally | London (end point: Parliament Square) | | | [157] |
Earth Day | 22 April 1990 | 750,000 to 1.5 million | Celebration | Central Park, New York City | | | [158] [159] | |
A method of determining how many people are at an event is the scientific analysis of photographs, video images, or both. Based on the quality of the image, it is possible to do a physical head count or to estimate attendance based on the density of people within similar areas. This permits the estimation of people over large areas or where parts of the image are obscured. An extensive discussion of how images were used to estimate the number of attendees at the Million Man March can be found at the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University's website.[160] [161]